“At the National Team Indoors I felt like we hit a wall with the doubles teams,” Bayliss said. “We looked at a lot of options. Freshmen David Anderson and Daniel Stahl are a good team.”

The change paid off for the Irish, who won the doubles point against the Boilermakers.

To accompany the doubles change, Bayliss has continued to rely on the duo of Parbhu and Helgeson to bear the brunt of the load at one doubles.

“They have done a great job all year,” Bayliss said. “It is important for Brett [Helgeson] to establish himself at the net. He is looking for the ball more up there. Sheeva [Parbhu] is also serving better.”

After facing Illinois, the Irish will return home for a few days and then head west to La Jolla, Calif., for the Pacific Coast doubles tournament, where they will get accustomed to outdoor play.

“We will work on our transition to the outdoors,” Bayliss said. “We will use those outdoor practice days to get more adopted and relearn how to develop points.”